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At 1 p.m. on Friday, his 7th birthday, Wes Pak completed his seventh cycle of 3F8 monoclonal antibody treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. At 6 p.m. his family greeted him on the tarmac at Rick's Aviation in Newport News, thanks to PALS (Patient Airlift Services) and volunteer pilot Larry Labriola. Diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma in June 2011, Pak has been making the trek from his family's home in York County to New York City for treatments for over a year. "He's a frequent flyer with PALS (Patient Airlift Services)," said his mother, Krista. "They've never missed a flight." And there have been 24. The volunteer...

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